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70 years ago today, #JohnnyFingers [John Moylett], Irish rocker ( #BoomtownRats - "I Don't Like Mondays"), born in Dublin, Ireland.
#HappyBirthday #70 ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ 🎂 ༘⋆

Shorts 295: Twins and The Boomtown Rats

from Into Your Head podcast - IntoYourHead dot ie. #humour #twins #IrishPodcasts #nonsense #BoomtownRats #MusicDebate #MusicHistory #PunkRock #CulturalCommentary

https://intoyourhead.ie/2026/08/29/shorts-295-how-twins-differ-and-the-boomtown-rats/

I remember when this song was banned from the airwaves. Every teenager I knew ran out and bought the album because of it. I’m sure that internet ban for kids will work though.
#Music #BoomtownRats #IDontLikeMondays
https://youtu.be/8yteMugRAc0?si=M3D84X2EY_On4MSG

https://www.europesays.com/ie/302918/ 'I hadn't understood how much I loved': Bob Geldof reflects on the impact of grief on his life – The Journal #BobGeldof #BoomtownRats #BrendanO #Éire #Entertainment #IE #Ireland

"Just down past the gasworks, by the meat factory door
The five lamp boys were coming on strong"

19th November 1978 The Boomtown Rats are No1 in the UK singles chart

#70s #boomtownrats #OTD #music

Bob Geldof says he could have won the Áras election

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#NewsBeep #News #Headlines ##Presidentialelection #aras25 #BobGeldof #boomtownrats #IE #Ireland #lookinafterno1
https://www.newsbeep.com/203916/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/140430/ Bob Geldof says he could have won the Áras election #Aras25 #aras25 #BobGeldof #BoomtownRats #Éire #Entertainment #IE #Ireland #LookinAfterNo1 #PresidentialElection

Brenda Spencer e il lunedì che cambiò l'America per sempre

https://boomerissimo.it/2025/10/03/brenda-la-prima-strage-scolastica-non-mi-piace-il-lunedi/

#truecrimecommunity #brendaspencer #schoolshooting #idontlikemondays #boomtownrats #truecrimeitaly

#filmtipp
#tvtipp
#musiktipp
Bei #magentatv spielen grad die #boomtownrats in #wacken

#Wacken Freitag wird hart #BrothersOfMetal, #PeytonParrish, #Krokus, #DirkSchneider, #BoomTownRats/#PapaRoach, #Schandmaul. Ich werd so tot sein 😁

St Patrick's Day was a week back, but we're going to get a short Irish interlude.

"A bunch of thyme" - Foster and Allen. Dreary.

"House on fire" - Boomtown Rats

Bob's shirt has lost its sleeves, the band have gained a horn section and a lolling reggae beat.

Sad to see this, it's yesterday's band chasing after tomorrow's hits with absolute knowledge that they're already being eclipsed by younger, sleeker pop stars.

In another universe, this is Bob Geldof's last hit.

#TOTP #BoomtownRats

#MorningCoffeeAlbum

Mondo Bongo - Boomtown Rats

Not be confused with the song of the same name by Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, this is the Rats' 4th album. Reaching number 6 in the British charts, it includes the single "Banana Republic".

#nowPlaying #BoomtownRats #BobGeldoff #misic #vinyl

Brenda Spencer, who in 1979 became the first school shooter in a long line of them, denied parole today. When asked why she did it: "I don't like Mondays". This became the title of a song by Bob Geldof and the Boomtown Rats. https://youtu.be/SaHAvEEbQOE?si=KfntSD-_Iy2SsiuE #bobgeldof #boomtownrats #idontlikemondays #schoolshootings #guncontrol #postpunk #music #alternativemusic

Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays (Live on Countdown, 1979) - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyufFbZf6To “ #boomtownrats #idontlikemondays #bobgeldof” #YouTube

#MorningCoffeeAlbum

A Tonic For The Troops - Boomtown Rats

#nowPlaying #BoomtownRats #music #vinyl

"Just down past the gasworks, by the meat factory door
The five lamp boys were coming on strong"

19th November 1978 The Boomtown Rats are No1 in the UK singles chart

#boomtownrats #80s #music

Happy Birthday to Bob Geldof who was born on this day in 1951.

#BobGeldof
#BoomtownRats

"You can't trust politicians. It doesn't matter who makes a political speech. It's all lies"

Happy 73rd birthday to Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof KBE born today 5th October 1951

#boomtownrats #BobGeldof #music #photography

📸 Janet Macoska

Happy 68th birthday to John Peter Moylett aka Johnnie Fingers born today 10th September 1956

"Down, down, shoot it all down"

#boomtownrats #photooftheday #music #photography

📸 Fin Costello

Number one: "I don't like Mondays" from The Boomtown Rats.

This video tells a story: children in a school assembly, the Rats stand on stage and sing. And then to a sitting room, and only then to the trademark white studio, before finishing back in the school.

I'm too young to appreciate how groundbreaking and subversive this was - if, indeed, it was like my cousins claimed.
#TOTP #BoomtownRats

"The silicon chip inside her head
Gets switched to overload"

28th July 1979 The Boomtown Rats are No1 in the UK singles chart with "I Don't Like Mondays"

#music #70s #boomtownrats

“#boomtownrats #bobgeldof #scottishteevee” / “Boomtown Rats - Tonight, 1984 performance” (1 user) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjL4ipy0S7c #YouTube

Bonjour les p’tits mammouths, bien dormi ?
On n’aime pas les lundis…

#PouetRadio
#Soundcheck
#Live
#BoomtownRats

The Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays - Live - 13/07/85

https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=FcZW0GFLSdw

Today’s listening is ‘A Tonic For The Troops’, the 1978 album by The Boomtown Rats.

This is a great album by Bob and the boys, full of fast-paced, punchy, pop-rock tunes!

It contains some great tracks, such as ‘She’s So Modern’ and their first number 1 single ‘Rat Trap’, though my personal favourite is ‘(I Never Loved) Eva Braun’.

I just realised that some of the photos on the lyric sheet insert were taken here in Munich at the Olympiapark, which is a tad ironic!

#BoomtownRats #NowPlaying

#BoomtownRats

https://open.spotify.com/track/0ARb64DFTVmWbBVMivZkU2?si=kOG06qu5SCSns2alOdugHg

#BoomtownRats

https://youtu.be/BtDhMScCkcQ?si=gUX0aXiKT7vdG2Qu

Interesting conversation with Bob Geldof, lead singer of the Boomtown Rats.

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-50-q/clip/16039568-bob-geldof-spiritbox

#CBC #BobGeldof #activism #BoomtownRats #podcast

Ugh, back to #work tomorrow after a nice, long Christmas break. #BoomtownRats

"Just down past the gasworks, by the meat factory door
The five lamp boys were coming on strong"

45 years ago today 19th November 1978 The Boomtown Rats are No1 in the UK singles chart

#70s #boomtownrats #rocknroll #rock #music

"Just down past the gasworks, by the meat factory door
The five lamp boys were coming on strong"

45 years ago today 19th November 1978 The Boomtown Rats are No1 in the UK singles chart

#70s #boomtownrats #rocknroll #rock #music

Happy 72nd birthday to Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof KBE, aka Bob Geldof, born today 5th October 1951

"Music is still above all else the thing that does it for me".

#photooftheday #boomtownrats #rocknroll #rock #music

📸 Janet Macoska

@dannotdaniel Odds are I'll never have a more pertinent opportunity to drop this fine little rocker.
#BoomtownRats #ElephantsGraveyard
https://youtu.be/k1xoiT-SYsw

I like Mondays.
Despite that, I have "I Don't Like Mondays" playing in my head on repeat.

#BoomTownRats

@DemocracySpot I must play that toon today, thanks! #BoomtownRats LOL!

I'm old enough to remember when school shootings were so uncommon that they inspired songs from overseas groups

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yteMugRAc0

#NRA #guns #school #yeg #guncontrol #abpoli #boomtownrats #music

Podcast | SWR True Crime: Das Grauen zum Mitsingen: "I don’t like Mondays” von den Boomtown Rats